Senior Rehabilitation Support Worker

Active Care Group Recruitment; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Active Care Group Recruitment seeks a motivated Senior Support Worker for their Nottingham Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre. The role involves providing high-quality support to individuals with brain injuries, leading staff, and ensuring a person-centered approach to enable clients to live fulfilled lives. Candidates should possess proven support experience and good communication skills, with opportunities for training and career development offered.

Benefits

5 days plus bank holidays

Birthday off

Access to training via Active Learning Hub

Discounts through Active Reward App

Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App

Nest Personal Pension

Medicash Health Plan

Recognition via Active Awards

Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay

Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £1000)

Qualifications

• Proven support experience required.
• Strong communication, teamwork, and IT skills needed.
• Willingness to undertake Level 3 in Health and Social Care.

Responsibilities

• Support individual service user needs according to the Person-Centered Plan.
• Supervise and guide support workers during shifts.
• Assist with personal and intimate care.

Skills

Communication

Compassion

Teamwork

IT skills

Reliability

Education

Level 3 in Health and Social Care

Numeracy and literacy Level 2

Job description

Come and join the UK's largest provider of complex care. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.

We'd like you to join us as a Senior Support Worker at our Nottingham Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre in Nottingham.

At Nottingham Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Neurological Care Centre, we offer rehabilitation, care, and support to people with a brain injury or other neurological condition. We’re committed to helping every person we support feel safe, happy, empowered, enabling them to live the best life possible.

We provide a psychology-led multidisciplinary treatment model to deliver a high-quality, specialist service for people who have a neuro disability or acquired brain injury.

What you'll be working:

• Full time
• 38.5hrs per week
• Days and nights flexible
• Weekend working on a rota
• We are hiring for 8 Senior Support Workers

What you'll be doing:

• Support individual service user needs in accordance with the Person-Centered Plan (PCP).
• Lead by example, demonstrating best practices in care delivery, communication, and professional conduct.
• Supervise and guide support workers during shifts, providing on-the-job coaching, feedback, and support.
• Act as the primary point of contact during shifts for support workers, managing incidents, queries, or emergencies.
• Assist in regular audits of documentation, medication, and care procedures under management guidance.
• Administer medication in line with training and protocols (Hazelwood Unit Only).
• Assist with personal and intimate care, including bathing, dressing, hair/nail care, eating, waste disposal, dental hygiene, toileting, stomas/PEG feeds.
• Support service users with physical disabilities using trained techniques and aids.
• Promote confidentiality and act as a representative when liaising with external stakeholders.
• Be assigned as a key worker for service users.
• Ensure documentation is accurate and up-to-date.
• Operate in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Maintain flexibility in working patterns, including working across sites, additional hours, weekends, and holidays.
• Attend and complete mandatory training.

What you'll have:

• Numeracy and literacy Level 2
• Level 3 in Health and Social Care or willingness to undertake
• Proven support experience
• Strong communication, compassion, teamwork, confidence, IT skills, and reliability
• Competencies: Service user focus, learning and development, health and safety, managing and planning, team work, communication, medical knowledge

This job description provides an outline of the role and may change with future developments within the business.

We support individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations during applications and interviews. We are a Disability Confident employer.

What to look forward to:

• 5 days plus bank holidays
• Birthday off
• Access to training and development via the Active Learning Hub
• Discounts and savings through the Active Reward App
• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App
• A Nest Personal Pension
• Access to Medicash Health Plan
• Recognition via Active Awards
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay
• Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £1000)
• Support from clinical and leadership teams for career development